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== Lack of Utility ==

== Lack of Utility ==

You might notice that you waste many hours each day on thoughts or activities that have no utility at all.  Once you recognize this, you can minimize the wasted utility.

You might notice that you, like most people, waste many hours each day on thoughts or activities that have no utility at all.  Once you recognize this, you can minimize the wasted utility and start to focus on maximizing your utility.

"Alarmism" and "anxiety" are examples of wasted time, and loss utility.  Time spent worrying can be much better spent maximizing utility, either by earning money or doing something else (such as charity) that increases your utility.  Jesus may have been making the same point when He said, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"<ref>Luke 12:25 (NIV).</ref>

"Alarmism" and "anxiety" are examples of wasted time, and loss utility.  Time spent worrying can be much better spent maximizing utility, either by earning money or doing something else (such as charity) that increases your utility.  Jesus may have been making the same point when He said, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"<ref>Luke 12:25 (NIV).</ref> If something is not done for God and has no utility for you either, then why are you wasting time on it?

The economic concept of utility is helpful in combating distractions and minimizing time wasted on alarmism and anxiety.

The economic concept of utility is helpful in combating distractions and minimizing time wasted on alarmism and anxiety. Occasionally ask yourself, what utility was achieved in the last hour of my time?  Did I maximize my utility during that hour?

==Indifference Curve==

==Indifference Curve==